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IFLR's fifth annual Merger Control Survey was conducted on a global basis over a two month period. Based on the responses, legal systems in each jurisdiction have been rated on a spectrum that ranges from predictable and light touch regulation to unpredictable or highly intrusive regulation. The ratings do not indicate whether or not a particular approach is justifiable or reasonable.

Caroline Jury Eduardo Fiordiliso In Egypt, Gide Loyrette Nouel became the first French law firm with a presence in the country after launching in the capital, Cairo. Senior partner Baudouin de Moucheron will lead the new branch.

In furtherance of the Iosco principles, the Colombian Securities Market Self-Regulatory Organisation (SRO) has adopted a number of compliance-related certification requirements and is about to issue a comprehensive review of self-regulation guidelines for the foreign exchange (FX) market.

The Agreement Abolishing the Requirement for the Legalisation of Foreign Public Documents (Hague Convention on the Apostille ) (Convention) was signed in the Hague, Netherlands, on October 5 1961. The Convention aimed to specify the process for legalising documents through a consulate in one of the contracting states for use in any of the other contracting states.

Numerous changes to the Slovak Income Tax Act were adopted in late 2017. We believe the most important of these changes were the tax exemption on the sale of shares and ownership interests, and the introduction of a new exit tax.

Andrew Foster and Jacqueline Arena, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Under the 1977 legislation, where a party deals on its written standard terms of business exclusions or limitations of that party’s liability must pass the Act’s reasonableness test

In the event it leaves the EU without a comprehensive trade agreement, what are the options left to the UK to continue accessing the single market?

China is implementing a flurry of regulations to manage its non-performing loan (NPL) crisis. The IMF estimates the country's non-financial sector debt will exceed 290% of GDP by 2022, up from 235% in 2016. According to one of the country's four national state-owned asset management companies China Orient Asset Management, NPLs reached RMB1.7 trillion ($270 billion) at the end of 2017 and are expected not to stop growing until 2019 at the earliest. The emergence of zombie banks lending to zombie companies has exacerbated the problem.

Regulators are getting wise to cryptocurrencies